Petals from the Sky

From the acclaimed author of Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a lush and lyrical novel of East and West--and of one young woman''s search for her heart''s true calling. . .

When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her mother is aghast. In her eyes, a nun''s life means only deprivation--"no freedom, no love, no meat." But to Meng Ning, it means the chance to control h...